cape

Other forms of cape

plural

capes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cape

What does cape mean?

cape means "a strip of land projecting into a body of water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cape?

cape has 1 syllable: cape. In IPA it is /ˈkeɪp/.

What is another word for cape?

Close synonyms include ness, mantle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cape a common word?

cape is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.